13 shot, including 3-year-old boy at South Side park

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Thirteen people, including a 3-year-old boy, were shot on the South Side Thursday night.

According to the Chicago Police the shooting happened in the 1800 block of W 51st street in the Back of the Yards neighborhood and appears to be gang related.

Chicago Fire officials called an Emergency Medical Services Plan II, sending at least 10 ambulances to the scene and transported 10 people and the child to area hospitals.

One man drove himself to Little Company of Mary Hospital and was treated and released police said.

Police later said a total of 13 people were shot, the boy, two teens, and 10 adults, with the 3-year-old boy the most seriously wounded in critical condition.

The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the head and is at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Family members tell the Chicago Tribune the boy’s name is Deonta’ Howard.

Deonta’–pronounced Deontay–nicknamed Tay Man, has a dislike for haircuts, one cousin said.

“He didn’t like haircuts because he has a big head,” said Porsche Chester, a cousin of the boy’s. “But he is extremely smart. He didn’t have that (head) for nothing.”

Chicago Police continue to investigate and nobody is in custody for the shooting.

Check back for updates.

The 3-year-old boy, shot in the ear, in critical condition at Mount Sinai;

A 17-year-old girl, shot in the foot, condition stabilized at Holy Cross Hospital;

A 15-year-old boy shot in the arm, stabilized at Holy Cross;

A man, 27, shot in the leg and wrist, serious condition at Mount Sinai;

A man, 24, shot twice in the stomach, serious condition at Mount Sinia;

A man, 21, shot in the leg, serious condition at Mount Sinai;

A man, 41, shot in the buttocks, serious condition at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital;

A woman, 33, shot in the shoulder, condition stabilized at Northwestern Memorial Hospital;

A man, 31, shot in the buttocks, condition stabilized at Northwestern;

A woman, 23, shot in the foot, condition stabilized at St. Anthony Hospital;

A man, 37, shot in the leg, in good condition at Stroger;

A man, 25, shot in the knee, in good condition at Northwestern;

And a man, 33, who drove himself to Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park with a gunshot wound to the leg and who was treated and released.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued this statement on the shootings:

“Senseless and brazen acts of violence have no place in Chicago and betray all that we stand for. The perpetrators of this crime will be brought to justice and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I encourage everyone in the community to step forward with any information and everyone in Chicago to continue their individual efforts to build stronger communities where violence has no place.”

Tythia

Chicago need to start a national “Say no to gangs nobody wins” campaign.
Encourage the real community tax payers that they are the “legal” owners
Of the streets. Expose the truth that these are not gangs! These guys are their children! Note them in the papers like pedifiers so everyone knows. Stand up against this foolishness.I garantee you the “gangs” are going to be the happiest that its finally over.